Shoe attachment



G. C. MQAULEY SHOE ATTACHMENT Original Filed July 10 1 2 a amewy,

Patented Oct. 20, 1925.

PATENT OFFICE/ GEORGE C. MOAULEY, 0F DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

SHOE ATTACHMENT.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE C. MGAULEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Detroit, in the county of \Vayne and State of Michigan, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe Attachments, ofwhich the following is a specification.

In carrying out the present invention, it is my purpose to provide anattachment for shoes to be used by bowlers, which will cooperate withthe ordinary shoe for answering all of the purposes attributed to thecon ventional types of bowlers shoes that are now universally used.

The primary object of this invention is the provision of such anattachment that may be readily applied or removed from the ordinaryshoes in a simple and expeditious manner for preventing the slipping ofthe bowlers while playing the game and for protecting the shoe fromwearing.

A still further object is to provide such a shoe attachment that may becarried in small compass, such as in the pockets of the bowlers, and onethat may be manufactured and marketed at relatively small cost.

Yet another object is to provide such an attachment for shoes that maybe employed in conjunction with ordinary types of shoes for answeringall of the purposes now attributed to bowling shoes that may be readilyadjusted to widely varying sizes of shoes.

Additional objects will be apparent as the nature of the invention isbetter understood, and the following detailed description is read inconnection with the accompanying drawing, wherein:

The figure is a perspective of my improved shoe attachment.

Now, having particular reference to the drawings my novel attachment forshoes e1nbodies a strip 5, preferably of buckskin, out to theconfiguration of the sole of an ordinary shoe. The side and front edgesof this strip of material are slit inwardly at spaced points thereon,for providing tabs 6 that are usually turned and positioned inoverlapping relation with each other for providing a skirt portionaround the sides and front edges of this strip for engagementApplication filed July 10, 1923, Serial No. 650,625. Renewed September10, 1925.

with the side and front edges of the usual shoe sole.

Each of the tabs 6 so formed is provided with a central eyelet 7 andinterlaced through these eyelets is a desirable form of lacing 8 thatmay be drawn up or loosened for increasing or diminishing the overlappedrelation of the tabs with each other for thereby actuating the strip tovarying size shoe soles.

Riveted at 9 to one end of the upstanding portion of the strip 5 formedby the tabs 6 is one end bf a strip 10, while similarly secured to theopposite "end of said upstanding portion is a short strap 11 thatcarries at its free end a buckle 12, through which is adapted to bepositioned the free end of the strap 10, that is formed with a desirablenumber of openings for selectively receiving the usual pivoted tongue ofthe buckle.

It will be of course apparent from the. foregoing, that the strip 5 isto be positioned upon the sole of the shoe, and that the strip 10 is tobe engaged around the heel portion thereof and connected to the shortstrap 11 through the medium of the buckle 12 for thereby effectivelyregulating said strap 5 upon the sole of the shoe.

Numerous advantages of a shoe of this character will be at onceappreciated by those skilled in the art, and even though I have hereinshown and described the most preferred embodiment of the invention withwhich I am at present familiar, it is nevertheless to be understood thatminor changes may be made therein, without departing from the spirit andscope of the invention as claimed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters-Patent, is:

A shoe attachment comprising a strip of material adapted to be appliedto the sole of a shoe,'and when applied having its rear edge spaced fromthe,,heel of the shoe, the said strip being provided with a marginalportion adapted to be folded up around the edge of the sole of the shoe,said marginal portion being provided with slits forming tongues, whichmay overlap each other, each tongue having an opening, a securing strapportion of the strip and serving as means for attached to the marginalportion of the strip drawing the tongues in overlapped close and at therear edge of the strip and at the proximity with the upper of the shoeand 10 openings in the terminal tongues and adaptthe strap in closeproximity with the rear ed to extend around the back of the shoe portionof the upper of the shoe.

upper and lacing passing through the open- In testimony whereof I afiixmy signature. ings of all of the tongues of the marginal v GEORGE C.MGAULEY.

